Circus Is Royal Fun AKA Circus In Royal… 1959

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Title reads: "Circus is Royal Fun".

Bertram Mills Circus, Olympia, London.

Various shots of Douglas Kossmayer with his Palominos, zebras and ponies running round the circus ring. C/U of woman with young baby pointing. Panning shot Schumann's horses: four men standing on horseback with...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53009
Sort Number:
59/102
Time in/Out:
01:31:10:00 / 01:33:58:00
Canister:
59/102
Film ID:
1705.23
Issue Date:
21/12/1959

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